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Nov 15, 2014 | 04:43 PM

#11

bdtaylor1979

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Originally Posted by GaryM12

So under the heading of "do your frigging homework first". I took the seat off the bike and found that the pigtail has a fuse in it that was burnt. This was after I ran out and bought another tender

One 7.5a fuse later and it all works great........

Easy fix. Take the other one back.

Nov 16, 2014 | 10:41 AM

#12

bill from tn

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Originally Posted by bdtaylor1979

Easy fix. Take the other one back.

Or if already opened, keep it...you will need it eventually.

If you have a garaged car, mower, snowblower, etc. that gets lots of idle time you can use it on one of those.
I have three plugged into separate vehicles as I type this. .

Nov 16, 2014 | 03:35 PM

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DannyZ71

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Sounds like your charger is shot. For the best price I've seen on a Deltran Jr., try Jafrum.

http://www.jafrum.com/Shop-By-Brand/...-PTBATTEND12JR

Nov 16, 2014 | 05:29 PM

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cruzomatic

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Glad you got it figured out. When I first began reading this thread, that was my guess, a blown fuse. I had the same symptoms on one of my tenders and that was exactly the same culprit for me, blown fuse.

Nov 16, 2014 | 06:55 PM

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bdtaylor1979

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Originally Posted by cruzomatic

I had an issue where the eyelet on the end of the battery tender wire where it bolts to the battery broke off where the wire attaches to it. I just cut the other part of the eyelet off and put a new one on the end of the wire. Good as new

Nov 17, 2014 | 07:54 AM

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oct1949

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From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..

Just use the new one on your lawnmower/snowblower....!!

Nov 17, 2014 | 12:22 PM

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rideflhr

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DannyZ71

Sounds like your charger is shot. For the best price I've seen on a Deltran Jr., try Jafrum.

http://www.jafrum.com/Shop-By-Brand/...-PTBATTEND12JR

Thanx, I just ordered another one.

Nov 17, 2014 | 12:35 PM

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Trim Reaper

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I think you need to buy a new Harley for that extra tender. That's what I did when the same happened to me.

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Nov 17, 2014 | 01:02 PM

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dyna rider

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Battery Tender

So why did it flash on all the other batteries if you had a blown fuse on the bike battery harness ? Just curious...
BTW Thank you for your service.

Nov 18, 2014 | 03:31 PM

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GaryM12

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Originally Posted by dyna rider

So why did it flash on all the other batteries if you had a blown fuse on the bike battery harness ? Just curious...
BTW Thank you for your service.

Thanks for the support Dynarider. I asked myself the same question after I found the problem with the pigtail on my bike. I had attached the alligator clip pigtail to the tender to check the other batteries and it has a fuse slot in it too. After I replaced the fuse in the bikes pigtail I went and looked at the alligator clip pigtail and it didnt even have a fuse in it! Now thats fixed too but I figured when I bought the tender that the fuses would be in the thing.....Live and Learn guess...